In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that…

Toni Morrison
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In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color. ✨ Toni Morrison, Danille Kathleen Taylor-Guthrie (1994). Conversations with Toni Morrison, p.255, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant is contempt for me-it's nothing else but color. ✨ Toni Morrison, Danille Kathleen Taylor-Guthrie (1994). Conversations with Toni Morrison, p.255, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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